If you have prototype iPads in your possession, don’t let strangers into your home. This week, a 20-year-old man who responded to an online advert met up with a man and a woman and eventually made his way back to his residence, new guests in tow.
This unsuspecting citizen arrived home with the man and woman from the ad, who were 20 and 24 years old, and quickly found himself at knife point. He was pepper sprayed, held at knife point, robbed, and kidnapped, though he is now released and safe. The two individuals, Katherine Stump (20) and Alexander Nejat (24), made off with about $7,500 in cash, prescription pills, and a number of electronic devices, one of which was described to police as a “test model iPad.” While there have not been any true confirmations whether this was an upcoming model or an older one, the iPad is still at large.
There have been reports that Apple is testing a large screen iPad, which could possibly explain what this “test model iPad” is. The iPad is still missing and so far no major tech publication has claimed ownership, though perhaps that is influenced by the legal fiasco that surrounded the iPhone 4 prototype years back. An Apple employee left his iPhone 4 prototype in a bar, which was subsequently sold to Gizmodo for a hefty sum.
The notoriously secretive company does not take kindly to any information leaks, and is even less gentle when it comes to prototypes of its newest products.
Apple has seen worse, however. This latest Apple related robbery doesn’t hold a candle to the genius that broke in the late Steve Jobs’ house and stole $60,000 worth of electronics. He later claimed he did not know that the house belonged to Steve Jobs.
So, we give a moment of silence for the young man who was feeling a little lonely this week and lost a prototype iPad. Details on this are still coming in as the investigation moves along, and we have no confirmation on whether the man was an official Apple employee or simply contracted with the company in some way. The couple, who was known to authorities from previous gadget related robberies, is currently under arrest.
Affinity’s new all-in-one creative app is finally coming to the iPad, nearly a year after Canva launched the redesigned desktop version for Mac and Windows. Creatives have been asking for the iPad release ever since, especially because files created in the new Affinity app cannot be opened in the older V2 iPad apps.
Affinity already has Photo, Designer, and Publisher apps on iPad, but the new release combines those tools into the same unified app that Canva launched on desktop last year.
Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).
Apple has just launched its latest iPad mini with a notable set of upgrades, including an OLED screen, improved speakers, and a more resilient build. It also gets a new chip, and the whole package costs $200 more than its predecessor. But if you look closely at Apple’s online store, you’ll realize that $699 isn’t enough to get you the most powerful version of the A20 Pro chip inside this tablet. In fact, even if you pay $800 for the 256GB model, you still won’t get the beefiest variant. Only when you jump to the 512GB trim, which costs an absurd $999, do you get the most powerful flavor of the A20 Pro.
The $999 model gets more than extra storage